DRIZZLE

I. noun Date: 1554 a fine misty rain, something that is ~d , drizzly adjective II. verb (~d; drizzling) Etymology: perhaps alteration of Middle English drysnen to fall, from Old English -drysnian to disappear; akin to Gothic driusan to fall Date: 1584 transitive verb to shed or let fall in minute drops or particles, to make wet with minute drops ; sprinkle , intransitive verb to rain in very small drops or very lightly ; sprinkle , drizzlingly adverb